Do You Like It On Your Tummy...

[McKenna]

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[raphy]

I'm a stomach guy. On my tummy, one leg raised towards my chest, by preference.... But experience has taught me that I can sleep anywhere, at any time. (I used to line 3 office chairs up and sleep on them, when I slept at the office)

 

[whispering_surrender]

On my stomach, with my arms crossed under my head, and with one leg stretched out to rest my toes against my lover's leg.

Whisper

 

[Guest]

 

[Wicked-N-Erotic]

Ahhh the battle of the blankets. Hubby and I used to do that, then I started putting seperate blankets on for each of us, it solved the problem of the "burrito building" and of him being too hot and me too cold. Now I just throw an extra one on for me to roll up in.

I sleep on my side with a pillow between my knees, with my knees drawn up and one arm under the pillow.

Hubby, bless his heart just got me an early Christmas present, a boby pillow. I've been wanting one for a long while, it's so comfy.

Wicked

 

[shereads]

Mmm. When I was married, we never did resolve the sleeping difficulty. He was a Bed Hog. Meaning that at some point during the night - no matter how big the bed - I would wake up and find myself clinging to the edge of the bed, barely able to move without toppling off the side, and he'd be splayed out across the bed - Not up and down, but ACROSS it - with all of the covers pulled off of me.

He also talked in his sleep sometimes - and would sometimes wake me up yelling something like, "My shoes!!!"

Marriages like mine are (were) an excellent argument for the old custom of having separate bedrooms for sleeping, and a shared one during sex. We didn't have sex very often, so that wouldn't have been an issue.

 

[Icingsugar]

Sleep?
Anywhere, anyhow. I can sleep standing. My preferred position for that activity is, well, vertical. Other than that, I don't give a damn. I'm asleep, so I don't care.

 

[Wills]

Our current sleeping arrangements mean we sleep most of the time in seperate countries, when we do meet up, we don't do a lot of sleeping but share the same bed.

Will's

PS. Currently a back man, with lots and lots of blankets.

 

[Black Tulip]

On my stomach. Since I was a baby, or so the story goes.
I can sleep in a train, on the bus, in a chair, anywhere if I have to.

Since I am the sole occupant these days I tend to go across my bed. And yes, I tell whole stories and have been known to hit the innocent in the eye.

Creative souls are dreamers, right?

 

[wishfulthinking]

I like to snuggle up under the doona, toes out, and no cuddling.

But I get really weirded out when I wake up with my head where my toes should be!

 

[Lovepotion69]

I always have to fall asleep lying on my stomach and with hands tucked under the pillow. Then I later on will end up in feetus position or similar.

I don't get people who manage to sleep on their back. My ex was like that. I had another ex who slept with his eyes open. Don't ask, it was a bit freaky!

/LP

 

[oggbashan]

I sleep how and where I like. My snores don't disturb my wife. Hers don't disturb me.

We have had separate bedrooms for sleeping for years because our sleep patterns just don't match.

Now, temporarily, we have separate houses. As my Welsh greataunt would have said "That's posh!"

The old house goes back on the market in January after a few months of time wasters. Then we are back to separate bedrooms.

We used to have arguments about who visited whose bedroom but after 31 years of marriage we can't get that excited about which bed to use. If we feel like it, the nearest bed will do.

Og

 

[cookiejar]

On my side with my arm over my head and under my pillow. I need the room cool too.

 

[dickE]

... or your back? Or quite possibly, your side... ? To sleep, that is. I'm a tummy sleeper myself, never have been able to break that habit, even after I grew up and grew breasts!

I'm bringing this up because my husband and I seem to be having "battle of the bedroom" lately. I can't sleep if the bedroom is too hot, he can't sleep if it's cold. He steals all the covers and rolls up like a burrito, I freeze and move in for a cuddle, but husband dear isn't a cuddler. He likes sleeping under a duvet; I like sleeping with sheets and blankets/quilts. And on and on it goes...

We've compromised, somewhat. We sleep under a duvet with a top sheet, I get to crack the bedroom window occasionally for fresh air, and he's cut down on his burrito building.

So what's it going to be: back, tummy, or side? Or something else?!


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[Guest]

 

[Guest]

On my left side with my arm under the pillow and my body rolled towards the bed with my right leg bent and slung out in front of me.

Hubby rarely sleeps in bed with me (he works until the wee hours of the morning), but even when he does that position generally doesn't change much (except I might switch sides, but I am still in the same basic position.)

 

[Guest]

My last husband and last good lover (not the same men) had my ideal body type and were perfect sleeping partners. We spooned perfectly or entwined legs.

Alone I sleep with windows open, even in cold weather, on my side, one arm under pillow, the other with hand clamped between my bent legs right at crotch. Though alone I sleep on "my side" of the bed, other side is covered with a dozen books at least and whatever ms. I'm working on at present. Yes, I read and write mostly in bed. Also use only flannel bedclothing and woven cotton blankets, all in bright Mexican colores.

Perdita

 

[TheEarl]

My girlfriend and I are in the lucky position of sleeping together very well. We usually start off spooning on our sides, both sharing the blanket, then I shift over to my back and she lies on her side with her head on my shoulder. She hogs the covers, but I usually throw the duvet off after half an hour anyway, so by the time she takes them, I've relinquished them anyway. We even both talk in our sleep, but never loudly enough to wake each other (she maintains we have conversations in our sleep). She's even managed to cure my insomnia (well they do say oxytocin is a male soporific ).

Is there any other couple on Lit who don't have any problems with the way their partner's sleep? I'm given to understand we're an exception, not the rule.

The Earl

 

[reohoko]

My hubby and I have on nights and off nights. He works midnight turns off and on.

When he hasn't worked midnights and has been sleeping in bed for awhile we do well, as long as he lets me sleep on my side and doesn't squish me(he is VERY cuddley). If he waits for me to fall asleep I will cuddle a lot, but I can't fall asleep like that (I talk and talk and talk and start stuff again and so on).

If he has been working a lot of midnights and we haven't slept together in awhile he usually pushes me onto the very edge of the bed and I wake up with my back killing me from having his cat sleep in the curve above my hip. (why she has to sleep there is completely beyond me but talk about muscle cramps in the morning - she is 20lbs for lands sakes).

I sleep the strangest combination of light and heavy. If the door opens or the phone rings or anything breaks or I hear any of the kids cry I am instantly awake, but no other sound can wake me up. I usually sleep on my side or my tummy .

 

[SlaveMasterUK]

I've been used to being single with a double bed for a few years now, so I need a lot of space. I tend to swap sides several times and completely envelope myself in a tangle of pillows and duvet.

Usually I sleep on my side or my back, but I roll around a lot before I actually go to sleep, so I'm on both sides, on my belly, or in some strange position or other before I finally roll over and doze off.

It has been said that sleeping on your belly promotes nightmares - so sometimes I do that in hope of having an interesting head trip (and it often works). A good nightmare can be hugely invigorating and often very inspirational too.

ax

 

[Black Tulip]

SlaveMaster,

That is interesting. My nightmares only come visiting when I'm sleeping on my back.



And I talk about waking up with clammy sweat and racing heart and complete desorientation. Sometimes even crying.

Are you saying you go searching that on purpose?

 

[SlaveMasterUK]

nightmares...

waking up with clammy sweat and racing heart and complete desorientation. Sometimes even crying.
Are you saying you go searching that on purpose?

Yeah, sure. There's something exhilerating about a good nightmare, so much so that I've finally decided to start a new thread about nightmares. Check it out:
dream thread

ax

 

[snooper]

... As my Welsh greataunt would have said "That's posh!" ...

Well in the Valleys she would have said, "There's posh."

 

[oggbashan]

Well in the Valleys she would have said, "There's posh."

Perhaps she did. But for me, as a small child, she seemed to live at the top of a mountain in N. Wales. Her cottage was 1000ft or so above the village. Her English wasn't very good but she impressed me with her whistles to the sheep-dog. I never managed to whistle as well as she did. A great-aunt who could whistle was an impressive relative.

Og

 

[damppanties]

One more tummy sleeper checking in. I simply cannot fall asleep any other way. I tried. I can toss and turn the whole night if I don't get to sleep on my stomach.

Other than that - light sleeper, don't snore, need cold and blankets.